National Aeronautics and Space Administration
National Aeronautics and Space Administration has made 136 launches since its first on 6 December 1958: 116 successful, 20 failed or partly failed (85% success). Its latest was Artemis II on 1 April 2026. It has carried 91 satellites, 9 of them still in orbit.
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Launches a year
19572026
Highlights
| Date | Launch |
|---|---|
| 6 December 1958 | Juno II, Pioneer 3First launch · success |
| 21 August 1959 | Little Joe, LJ-1First Little Joe flight · failure |
| 9 September 1959 | Atlas LV-3B, Big Joe 1First Atlas LV-3B flight · partial failure |
| 21 February 1961 | Atlas LV-3B, Mercury-Atlas 2First successful Atlas LV-3B flight · success |
| 27 October 1961 | Saturn I, Saturn SA-1First Saturn I flight · success |
| 23 March 1965 | Titan II GLV, Gemini IIIFirst Titan II GLV flight · success |
| 10 August 1965 | Scout B, SEVFirst Scout B flight · success |
| 26 February 1966 | Saturn IB, Apollo AS-201First Saturn IB flight · success |
| 9 November 1967 | Saturn V, Apollo 4First Saturn V flight · success |
| 1 April 2026 | SLS Block 1, Artemis IILatest launch · success |
Rockets
| Rocket | First launch | Launches |
|---|---|---|
| Saturn V | 9 November 1967 | 13 |
| Atlas LV-3B | 9 September 1959 | 10 |
| Saturn I | 27 October 1961 | 10 |
| Titan II GLV | 23 March 1965 | 10 |
| Scout B | 10 August 1965 | 10 |
| Saturn IB | 26 February 1966 | 10 |
| Little Joe | 21 August 1959 | 8 |
| Scout D-1 | 13 August 1972 | 8 |
| Juno II | 6 December 1958 | 7 |
| Scout X-4 | 19 December 1963 | 7 |
| Scout X-1 | 4 October 1960 | 6 |
| Redstone MRLV | 21 November 1960 | 6 |
| Little Joe II | 28 August 1963 | 5 |
| Nike Cajun | 12 March 1964 | 4 |
| Trailblazer 2 | 6 May 1962 | 3 |
| Scout G-1 | 30 October 1979 | 3 |
| Scout X-4A | 18 August 1964 | 2 |
| Scout F-1 | 7 May 1975 | 2 |
| SLS | 16 November 2022 | 2 |
| Trailblazer 1 | 21 April 1961 | 1 |
| Blue Scout II | 1 November 1961 | 1 |
| Scout X-2 | 29 March 1962 | 1 |
| Scout X-3A | 31 August 1962 | 1 |
| Scout X-3 | 16 December 1962 | 1 |
| Scout E-1 | 3 June 1974 | 1 |
| Space Shuttle Columbia | 12 April 1981 | 1 |
| Space Shuttle Discovery | 20 December 1999 | 1 |
| Ares I | 28 September 2009 | 1 |
| Orion Test Booster | 2 July 2019 | 1 |
Launch sites
| Cape Canaveral Space Force Station | 51 |
| Wallops Flight Facility / MARS | 40 |
| Kennedy Space Center | 22 |
| Vandenberg Space Force Base | 13 |
| Spaceport America | 5 |
| Broglio Space Centre (San Marco) | 5 |
Satellites carried
91 satellites in the catalogue went up on National Aeronautics and Space Administration launches; 9 are still in orbit. By who uses them: defence 5, civil government 86.